I Spy Fun House was created specifically for kids in the 6-10 year old range and it fulfills its promises to encourage problem solving, vocabulary development, and visual discrimination, skills developing minds can really enjoy.
Gamezebo writes: "I SPY: Fun House, the latest interactive spinoff of Scholastic's popular hidden object picture books, proves that a good hidden object game can appeal to virtually all demographics. My kindergarten-aged daughter loves the paper versions of these puzzles, and she had just as much fun working through their digital counterparts. I - a man 30 years her senior - played with her, and I'm pretty sure we were both equally engaged.
The game's setting is a carnival. Players explore the park to track down hidden object game ("HOG") puzzles with themes like a carousel, a magician's tent, and a midway prize wall. The artwork is a mishmash of photography and clip art and is just as pretty and interesting to gaze at as pictures found in the books upon which the game is based. The inside of a gumball machine, for example, is a bit psychedelic but undeniably fascinating, while a silhouetted circus tent showcases some highly detailed and mesmerizing shadows."
Eurogamer has reviewed five games for the Nintendo DS:
- Duck Amuck - 5/10
- Bomberman Story DS - 6/10
- World Snooker Championship Season 2007-08 - 6/10
- I-Spy Funhouse - 3/10
- My Animal Centre In Australia - 4/10
The I Spy observation/educational franchise started out in old fashioned wood pulp (book) form, in which kids have to solve riddles and discover items in the illustrations.
Now switched over to DS, the first game is a reworking of the I SPY Fun House tome, in which you have to find nine items in order to unlock the exit and escape.
